notice, as I have said enough of the sentiments of this party. 5. Decided irreligious bills or placards, as, 'The New Gospel of Vienna, or, Appropriate Passages from the New Testament on all the present parties in Vienna.' A greater perversion than this, of the Word of God, I have never seen. There is a passage of Scripture under each of the following rubrics: The spirit of the times; the emperor; the ministry; the seven ministers; the diet; the different classes of society; the seventeen political and religious parties; the fifteen chief newspapers; the four faculties of the university; and concludes with a passage for an Austrian, Hungarian, Pole, Italian, &c.

"The great liberty that now prevails for the spread of the Gospel through tracts is best seen by the fact that I have placarded Vienna and the suburbs with your tract: The Priest and the Bible; or, why does your priest forbid you to read the word of God?' printed on a large sheet of paper, the title being in letters of an inch and a half, or two inches. I only know of one of them being torn down during the day. Although I gave orders that not one of them should be pasted on churches, yet I found one morning a copy on the chief entrance of the cathedral, and as I passed in the evening it was still there. I have seen persons everywhere standing reading it with the greatest attention, and even in the midst of much rain. I have in such cases given them a copy of it printed in a tract form. I have also placarded 'The Church of Rome and the Bible.'

"Although I have circulated in the last few years between 100,000 and 150,000 tracts a year; yet I have nowhere found them received with such readiness as in Vienna. On Sunday week I distributed, with the assistance of a few Christian workmen, 6,200, and last Sunday, 6,800. I have sometimes been so pressed by the crowds who would get tracts, that I have not been able to move, and obliged to cease distributing for a

short time. I have circulated th tracts in the most public manner, and in the greatest thoroughfares. Everywhere, where I have seen a policeman, I have given him a copy. The most pleasing circumstance however is, that I know some of them have been blessed to the readers. Three persons in one manufactory bought Bibles through reading one of them. A decided atheist was so shaken in his belief that he bought a Bible. Another has declared his intention of going no more to mass, and is seeking the truth; and another is in great distress of mind at the present time from reading one of the tracts, but is receiving spiritual advice from a friend. Many German Catholics have also had their belief shaken in their new system through the perusal of tracts, which has enraged the leaders of this party.

"I must now draw my letter to a conclusion; and in requesting of the Committee a fresh grant, I trust they I will see that considerable assistance is important at the present moment, and which should be taken advantage of without delay. A movement is commencing among the Roman Catholics of Austria; and it is our duty to be before-hand, and not let Ronge and his friends get the start of us and form a firm party before we are in the field. I have not the least doubt that before I can receive a fresh grant, I shall not have a single tract more.'

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The Committee feel it their duty to prosecute the most active, yet prudent measures in a country which till lately has been completely closed against all efforts to spread the knowledge of Christian truth. A further grant of £50 was immediately voted to their esteemed Agent. A grant of £20 has also been made for the publication of "Gossner's Primitive Christianity" in the Wendish language. This work, written by one who was formerly a priest of the church of Rome, is well adapted to the present times.

The Committee are preparing for the circulation of scriptural truth in Bavaria and other lands.

Nothing is more to be guarded against than vanity, which is too often the effect of popularity on a young man. If this holds good in every walk of life, how much more does it in those called to the office of the holy ministry! Many a talented, energetic, nay, even spirituallyminded man, has been utterly ruined by the insatiable desire of popular applause, if not of notoriety. has by degrees entirely lost sight of the more retired duties of his calling : parochial visitations, counselling the poor, the alleviations of a sick chamber, have no charms for him.

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Compelled to leave his chapel, specially built for him, Mr. White took up his residence in Kingstown, and subsequently in the neighbourhood of Blackrock. Duty, even of the lightest kind, he was quite unequal to. When comparatively strong, he admitted many to his conversation; and multitudes have felt the advantage of his society, which, with uniform seriousness, united liveliness and good sense, was even more useful, though in a less extended sphere, in conversation than from the press. He had a fund of important information, and he had the perfect command of it by a powerful memory. To great richness of language he added the brilliancy of a lively imagination and imperturbable good humour; and his animated countenance threw a glow on the subject of discussion, which secured the attention from flagging.

Mr. White had been early taught in the school of affliction. He had lost his wife even before his own illness. His beloved sister and two daughters were removed ; and he had, in his own weak and uncertain state of health, to watch over their decline, and cheer their last moments by the light that beamed on his own. had the happiness of knowing that 'they all died in faith, looking forward to the promises; and, while their removal sobered his latter days, it cast no gloom upon them.

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deacon of Kildare had continued to him for several years the name and salary of curate, though unable to do any duty; but, under a mistaken notion that his circumstances had materially improved, or from some other cause, the salary had latterly been withdrawn. His literary labours had been rewarded by a small sum invested for his family, and their sale gave him an income uncertain and not considerable. An attempt to procure a pension having failed, and assistance in another way having been declined by him from the most honourable motives, all hope of public assistance seemed at an end, when a living became vacant, the income of which, though not large, was sufficient for his wants, and the duty light, and approaching to a sinecure; and to this, with the humanity and regard for the Church that have ever characterized Lord de Grey's administration, he promoted Mr. White. The presentation was received with gratitude and joy; but our valued friend never lived to give it effect. His weakened constitution was painfully affected by the nervous feelings consequent upon the prospect of the living; and being unable even to bear induction, he was removed for change of air to his brother-in-law's residence, and there breathed his last in perfect peace on the 15th of May,

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"We have written with warmth," says the writer of the obituary, "for such was the nature of our feelings towards him; and in giving, as the conclusion of our desultory observations, some remarks on his character, penned by a relative and friend, whose means of access to him were far greater than we enjoyed, we can candidly say that, so far as we could judge, the delineation is accurate :

"His mind was of the highest order. His judgment was clear and prompt, perceiving the just and the true in everything at a glance. He was an excellent reasoner, legitimately deducing his conclusions from facts or admitted principles, and often illustrating his subject by the most appropriate and beautiful similes. Few were able to cope with him in argu

ment; and, though he maintained his positions with earnestness and warmth, he never for a moment lost his temper, or uttered a word that could give offence, or hurt the feelings of the most sensitive opponent. His powers of memory, both retentive and recollective, were extraordinary: he never forgot any thing he ever read, and he could recall it at pleasure; the Scriptures he appeared to have almost entirely by heart. His sermons he usually wrote out at full length; and, without any effort, he could afterwards repeat them accurately. His imagination was fertile and brilliant, ever suggesting the most beautiful images, and adding an inexpressible charm to his conversation. He had a fine taste, which seized with delight on the sublime and the beautiful in nature and the arts, but particularly in morals; and he drew improvements from every thing with a tact and a delicacy which made his observations never appear forced or out of place; and, in reading, he would pause at the expression of any just or noble sentiment, and dwell upon it with delight. He composed with great facility both in prose and verse. His method was, to compose whole paragraphs or verses in his mind, without writing a word; and he seldom altered any thing he had committed to paper. His eloquence as a preacher is well known; few were more followed: but nothing pleased him so much, as to hear that one or another had profited by it. His style, though florid, was natural, differing but little from that of his conversation in private. Celebrated and admired as he was, he was modest and unassuming, and would listen with attention to the observations and the criticism of the humblest of his friends, and often adopt the alterations they suggested.

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The domestic circle, and among his intimate friends, were the scenes in which he appeared to the greatest advantage-tender, affectionate, considerate, cheerful, he was loved by every one; and he has left a blank which can never be filled up. His pen and his purse were ever at the service of his friends and the poor,

and many have derived advantage from them. In all his dealings he was scrupulously conscientious, and managed his affairs with great prudence. He was a great sufferer for years, both in his feelings and in his person. His wife died suddenly by his side; and he lost three of his children-one, a grown-up and beloved daughter, besides his father and his mother, and a dear sister, who all lived in the house with him. In his person he suffered much, for upwards of eleven years, from a spitting of blood, and constant pain in the chest ; and it was only, under God, to the unremitting attention and skill of his friend and physician, Dr. Croker, the unwearying care of his family, and his own uncommon power of self-denial, that his life was preserved so long. Yet, through all these trials and sufferings, believing that they came from the hand of his Father in heaven, he was calm, resigned, even cheerful and happy; and a murmur never escaped his lips. In his last illness he was a pattern of resignation and patience, and of the powerful support which the Gospel affords under the most trying circumstances. When any thing was ordered, he would say, We will do what is right, and leave the result to Him who will do what is best for me.' One day, shortly before his death, seeing him very languid, I asked him how he felt; and he laid his finger on his lip, to show me he was afraid to speak, and then, in a low voice, he said, in three words, 'Comfortable, happy, thankful.' At another time, after a very severe fit of coughing, I said I feared he suffered great pain; and he answered with a smile, 'Not one pang more than is for my good.' He continued, till the last two or three days before his death, to make observations upon the chapters read to him; and he was constantly heard to pray during the night; but he had no idea he was so near his release. Up to the last, the delusive expectation of recovery, characteristic of consumption, never forsook him. But, as his great account was settled for him by his Surety, and all his worldly affairs arranged, it was deemed more